Re: [PATCH] isa: Remove unnecessary checks

From: William Breathitt Gray
Date: Thu May 18 2023 - 21:46:29 EST


On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 03:50:25PM +0300, Vladislav Efanov wrote:
> The isa_dev->dev.platform_data is initialized with incoming
> parameter isa_driver. After it isa_dev->dev.platform_data is
> checked for NULL, but incoming parameter isa_driver is not
> NULL since it is dereferenced many times before this check.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: a5117ba7da37 ("[PATCH] Driver model: add ISA bus")
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Efanov <VEfanov@xxxxxxxxx>

I don't think the Fixes line is needed because this is removing a
superfluous check rather than fixing a bug. Regardless, here's my Ack
for Greg as the patch itself makes sense.

Acked-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/base/isa.c | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/isa.c b/drivers/base/isa.c
> index 55e3ee2da98f..675ad3139224 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/isa.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/isa.c
> @@ -149,11 +149,8 @@ int isa_register_driver(struct isa_driver *isa_driver, unsigned int ndev)
> break;
> }
>
> - if (isa_dev->dev.platform_data) {
> - isa_dev->next = isa_driver->devices;
> - isa_driver->devices = &isa_dev->dev;
> - } else
> - device_unregister(&isa_dev->dev);
> + isa_dev->next = isa_driver->devices;
> + isa_driver->devices = &isa_dev->dev;
> }
>
> if (!error && !isa_driver->devices)
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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